Improvement in the manufacture of buckles



UNITED-- 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. GEORGE apKELsEYQoE W'EsT HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE 0F BUCKLES- To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. KELsEY, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and Statel of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement'in Buckles, as a new article of l manufacture; and-I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the Construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle complete a'nd ready io be attached to' the strap for use. Fig. 2 is aperspective View 0f the main' orbody part of the buckle ready to receive the cross-bar. Fig. 3 is a perspective `View of the cross-bar vas ready to besecured in its position inthe buckle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tongue as ready/to be secured to the cross-bar.'

- My improvement consists in making-the-4 buckle of three 'pieces of wire by forming the bow and loop of one piece by simply swagingv itinto its proper shape, (nearly square,) and i the cross-bar of one piece by simply atten- .ing the ends and lapping and securingthem around the end bars of the bow and loop, and in making the tongueand attaching it to-the cross-bar by lapping it round and setting it down by any convenient means, so as to be secureV and` yet freely movable.

I make the bow and loop of the buckle together of onepiece of y iron wire of a thickness suited tothe size of the buckle by swag-` ing it into its proper shape, (nearly square,) as lrepresented in Fig. 2, with its two end bars or parts bent or sprung J inward, as repre' sented at a and b, Figs. I and 2, so that the thickness of the ends of the cross-bar will not project. I make the cross-bar c of a piece of iron wire by simply flattening and bending the vtwo ends, as represented in Fig'. 3. I

make the tongue Il of a piece ofiron Wire, by

sharpening one end and llattening and bend ing the other, as represented in Fig. 4.

Each of the parts maybe formed by the use Aof suitable dies or swages, and they may bev made of any kind of metal desired.

Having made the three parts, as before described, I lay the two end parts, as a, and b, of the main lpart or bow and loop of the buckle into the two bent ends of the cross bar, and by suitable dies swage down or clinch the bent parts, so as to firmly secure or attach the crossbar c to the parts a and Zi of the bow and loop, and I place the flattened and bent end of the tongue d onto the ercSSf bar o and swag@ down the bent part, so that it will move freely on the cross-bar, when the buckle will be complete, as represented in` Fig. l.

The advantages of, Iny improvement. con- `sist in that a much stronger buckle-can be 'made from the same Weight of met-a1 than any heretofore used, and in that the buckle can be made` at much less expense than any heretofore made of equal strength and usefulness, These buckles are'peculiarly well suited for knapsacks, haversacks, t'c., where strength, durability, and plainness are desirable.

`What Iclaim as my invention, and'desire to secure Iby Letters Patent, is

A buckle in which the bow and loop is made of one piece of wire, when the ends of the 'cross-bar 'c are clinched around the opposite parte aand. b of the bow and loop to strengthen the buckle, as herein described;

. GEO. R. KELSEYl Witnesses: t

WILLIAM W. WARD, R. FITZGERALD. 

